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Table 2 Corrected mortality of Sitophilus zeamais exposed to NeemPro® after 1, 3, 7 and 14 days on three maize varieties under laboratory conditions

From: Use of NeemPro®, a neem product to control maize weevil Sitophilus zeamais (Motsch.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on three maize varieties in Cameroon

Maize variety/content (g/kg)

% Mortality (mean ± SE)—exposure period (days)

1

3

7

14

CLH103

 0

0 ± 0

0 ± 0c

0 ± 0b

0 ± 0c

 0.75

0 ± 0

5 ± 2bc

32.5 ± 13.92ab

42.5 ± 9.24b

 1.5

0 ± 0

30 ± 13.69abc

52.5 ± 22.59ab

92.5 ± 4.33a

 3

0 ± 0

30 ± 3.54ab

71.25 ± 15.73a

92.5 ± 4.33a

 6

2.5 ± 1.44

43.75 ± 11.43a

76.25 ± 12.81a

100 ± 0a

 F value

3 ns

4.83*

4.36*

75.94***

CMS8501

 0

0 ± 0

0 ± 0b

0 ± 0d

0 ± 0c

 0.75

0 ± 0

3.75 ± 2.39b

19.73 ± 4.11c

17.73 ± 6.48bc

 1.5

0 ± 0

7.5 ± 3.23ab

56.78 ± 8.04b

57.95 ± 20.73ab

 3

0 ± 0

17.5 ± 5.95ab

77.80 ± 12.37ab

87.65 ± 6.15a

 6

1.25 ± 1.25

38.75 ± 11.43a

93.1 ± 4.28a

94.55 ± 2.42a

 F value

1 ns

6.63**

32.99***

16.28***

SHABA

 0

0 ± 0

0 ± 0c

0 ± 0b

0 ± 0c

 0.75

0 ± 0

3.75 ± 2.39bc

10 ± 4.56b

10.45 ± 3.56bc

 1.5

0 ± 0

8.75 ± 1.25ab

24.25 ± 13.75ab

26.20 ± 5.18b

 3

0 ± 0

12.5 ± 3.23ab

55 ± 9.35a

67.58 ± 11.92a

 6

0 ± 0

25 ± 7.36a

63.75 ± 12.64a

89.13 ± 6.32a

 F value

6.47**

8.4***

33.18***

  1. Means in the same column for the same maize variety, followed by the same letter do not differ significantly at P = 0.05 (Tukey’s test); Number of replicates: 4; * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001; F value: a ratio of two variances—the “between group” variance and the “within-group” variance